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保母(ほぼ)day-care worker in a kindergarten, nursery school, etc.

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      (female) childcare worker, kindergarten teacher

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    保母 【ほぼ】保姆 【ほぼ】

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      (むかし)保育(ほいく)()のことを保母(ほぼ)()んでいました。

      In the past, what we now call a childcare provider was referred to as a daycare worker.

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      保母(ほぼ)という単語(たんご)は、(いま)はほとんど使(つか)われません。

      The term daycare worker is rarely used these days.

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      保育(ほいく)(しょ)児童(じどう)のために(はたら)いている女性(じょせい)保母(ほぼ)()います。

      A woman who works with children at a daycare center is called a daycare worker.

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      保母(ほぼ)にしてみれば、子供(こども)がする(こと)など(すべ)予測(よそく)可能(かのう)なのだろう。

      From a daycare worker's point of view, everything a child does is probably predictable.

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      二十(にじゅう)(にん)からいる園児(えんじ)全員(ぜんいん)面倒(めんどう)()るなんて、保母(ほぼ)には(あたま)()がりません。

      I have nothing but respect for daycare workers who manage to look after as many as twenty children.

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